Desk Stop: Top 5 Cloud Services Employees Can't Access

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Tied with Gmail is Skype, which was blocked by 31 percent of the businesses analyzed by Skyhigh Networks. Skype was blocked most by businesses in the financial services and high-tech industries, the company said. The service, which provides free or low-cost Internet calls and messaging, was acquired by Microsoft in 2011 for $8.5 billion. Gupta said the service will likely be blocked less frequently if it is more closely aligned with other popular Microsoft services such as Microsoft Office 365.